Size & Quantity Flashcards
la taille
size
la dimension
dimension
le format
format
la superficie
surface, surface area acreage
l’aire (f)
area, zone
la zone
zone, area
la région
area
la surface
surface
l’étendue (f)
extent
l’espace (m)
space
la place
space, room
spacieux
spacious
la grandeur
size, magnitude
grand
tall, high, big
grandir
to grow, increase, expand
grandissant
growing, ever growing, increasing, ever-increasing
petit
small
minuscule
minuscule, minute
compact
compact
la longueur
length
allonger
to lengthen
rallonger
to lengthen
raccourcir
to shorten
écourter
to shorten
la largeur
width, breadth
élargir
to widen, broaden
s’élargir
to widen, become wider
la hauteur
height
la stature
stature
la profondeur
depth
approfondir
to deepen
au plus profond de
in the depths of
l’épaisseur (f)
thickness; depth (snow)
au plus épais de
in the depths of
la grosseur
size, weight; fatness
gros
big, large, thick, heavy
le gros de
the bulk of
les poids et mesures
weights and measures
le poids
weight
peser
to weigh
vendre au poids
to sell by weight
la balance
scales
le gramme
gram
la livre
pound
le kilo
kilo
la tonne
ton, tonne
des tonnes de
tons of
la mesure
measurement
mesurer
to measure
prendre la mesure de
to take the measurements of
l’unité de mesure (f)
unit of measure
les mensurations (f)
measurements
le pouce
inch
le pied
foot
le mille
mile
le millimétre
millimetre
le centimétre
centimetre
le mètre
metre
le kilomètre
kilometre
le hectare
hectare
la régle
ruler
l’échelle (f)
scale
la proportion
proportion
proportionné à
proportional to
proportionnel à
proportional to
proportionnellement
proportionately
la capacité
capacity
le volume
volume
volumineux, -euse
voluminous, bulky
la quantité
quantity, amount
la somme
amount (money)
le montant
amount, total (money)
abondant
abundant, plentiful
l’abondance (f)
abundance
la profusion
profusion
considérable
considerable
considérablement
considerably
énorme
enormous, massive
vaste
vast
insuffisant
insufficient, scanty
insuffisamment
insufficiently, scantily
simple
mere
la minorité
minority
le minimum
minimum
minimum
minimum
la majorité
majority
la plupart
most
le maximum
the maximum
maximum
maximum
nombreux
numerous
multiple
multiple
la multitude
multitude
innombrable
innumerable, countless
la masse
mass, bulk; body, expanse (water); bank (cloud)
masser
to assemble, gather together, mass
massif, -ve
massive, heavy
la portion
portion
la part
portion, slice, share
la partie
part
partiel
partial
en partie
partly
partiellement
partly, partially
le morceau
piece
la section
section
partager
to divide up, share out
se partager
to be divided up, to be shared
le partage
dividing up, sharing, factoring
la fraction
fraction
le fragment
fragment
fragmentaire
fragmentary
le pourcentage
percentage
le bout
scrap
la trace
trace
la tranche
slice
couper en tranches
to slice
la pile
pile (neat), stack
le tas
pile, heap
empiler
to pile (neatly), stack
s’empiler
to pile up, be stacked
entasser
to pile
s’entasser
to pile up; to squeeze, pack, pile into
tasser
to pack down, push down, cram
se tasser
to bunch up, squeeze up
l’augmentation
increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, difficulty, interest)
augmenter
to increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, difficulty, interest)
la croissance
growth, development (person, plant, industry, economics)
croître
to grow, increase (person, plant, company, town), to swell (river); to rise (wind)
s’accroître
to increase, augment (number, fortune, share)
l’accroissement
increase, growth (number, production, population)
grossir
to increase (sum); to magnify; to become louder (noise)
agrandir
to make bigger, enlarge, widen, extend, blow up (photograph)
s’agrandir
to grow, expand (town, family); to become wider
l’agrandissement
expansion; enlargement (photograph)
le développement
growth, development (body, muscle, intelligence), expansion (industry)
se développer
to grow, develop (person, plant, economics, body, muscle, intelligence); to expand (industry)
s’amplifier
to grow, expand, develop (thought, tendency), amplify (sound), magnify (image)
pousser
to grow (child, plant, hair, beard, tooth)
faire pousser
to grow, cultivate
l’expansion (f)
expansion (economy); spread (theory, belief, doctrine)
l’expansionnisme
expansionism
expansionniste
expansionist (body)
la propagation
propagation (species), spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
propager
to spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
la diffusion
diffusion, spreading, circulation, broadcasting
diffuser
to spread (news, ideas), circulate, broadcast, diffuse (heat, light)
répandre
to spread (news); to spill, scatter; to shed (light, tears); to give off (smell)
se répandre
to spread (liquid, fire, unrest) ; to become widespread (view, opinion, method)
répandu
widespread
allonger
to lengthen, stretch, extend
s’allonger
to lengthen, stretch, become longer; to grow taller (child); to drag out
l’allongement
elongation, lengthening
allongé
elongated, long; stretched out, recumbent, supine
étendre
to spread out, open out; to extend (limb, powers, business, research), stretch, hang out (washing)
s’étendre
to stretch out; spread (disease, weather); to expand (city), to broaden(research), to widen (knowledge)
étendu
spread out, sprawling (conurbation), extensive, wide-ranging, widespread, broad
l’extension (f)
extension
étaler
to spread (butter, jam), strew; to spread out (newspaper, map); to display, lay out (merchandise)
prolonger
to extend (time and space), prolong
se prolonger
to go on, persist, last, continue
la prolongation
extension
gonfler
to inflate (tyre, price), pump up, blow up; to swell (river); to swell up(limb, joint, wood); to rise (pastry)
se gonfler
to swell (river, chest)
enfler
to cause to swell (limb, joint, river)
ajouter à
to add to, increase
s’ajouter à
to add to
le supplément
supplement, excess
supplémentaire
additional, supplementary
multiplier
to multiply
se multiplier
to multiply
doubler
to double
tripler
to triple, treble
la diminution
decrease (dimensionss, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed),reduction, cut
diminuer
to decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed),diminish, reduce, cut, bring down
la réduction
reduction, decrease; discount
réduire
to reduce, lessen, cut, bring down (dimensions quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed), scale down, downscale (staffing, production),shorten (text)
contracter
to contract (to contract)
la contraction
contraction (body, liquid, muscle, throat)
comprimer
to compress (air, gas) ; to reduce (expenses)
la distance
distance
garder ses distances
to keep one’s distance
près (adv)
near
proche (adj)
nearby, close (space, time degree)
voisin
neighbouring
avoisinant
nearby, close
de prés
closely
loin (adv)
far
éloigné (adj)
far, remote
lointain (adj)
far, distant
le lointain
distance
épaissir
to thicken; deepen
l’épaississant (m)
thickener
dans le sens de la longueur
lengthways
dans le sens de la largeur
breadthways
le cubage
cubic content
le tonnage
tonnage
le rapport
ratio
dans le rapport de … à…
in the ratio of … to…
dans le rapport de … contre …
in the ratio of … to …
l’ampleur (f)
fullness, roominess, scope, extent, scale
sans grande ampleur
of limited scope
prendre de l’ampleur
to increase in scale/scope
ample
roomy; extensive; wide-ranging
amplement
fully, amply
le grain
grain
être à l’échelle
to be to scale
en miniature
in miniature
la cylindrée
capacity (machine, cylinder, engine)
encombrant
bulky
le soupçon
trace
l’atome (m)
atom
la particule
particle
la poignée
handful
maigre
meagre (money, food)
misérable
measly
copieux
copious
dilater
to dilate (pupil); to distend (stomach); to expand (metal, gas, liquid)
se dilater
to dilate, distend, extend
la dilatation
dilation, extension, swelling (part of the body)
un surcroît de
excess, extra
amoindrir
to lessen, weaken, diminish
s’amoindrir
to lessen, weaken, grow weaker
amenuiser
to thin down
s’amenuiser
to dwindle (money); to lessen, grow slimmer (hope)
rétrécir
to shrink, take in (garment); to narrow make narrower (passage, conduit, opening, road); to contract (pupil)
le rétrécissement
shrinkage (garment), narrowing (passage, conduit, opening, road);contraction (pupil)
l’amas (m)
heap, pile
tout un amas de
a whole heap of
amasser
to pile; store up, amass, accumulate
s’amasser
to pile up, accumulate
l’écart (m)
distance, gap, space; difference
être à l’écart
to be out of the way
écarté
out-of-the way, remote
écarter
to move apart, separate
jauger
to gauge, size up
la jauge
gauge
l’envergure (f)
wingspan, scope, scale, range
calibrer
to grade, calibrate
le calibrage
grading, calibrating
le mètre à ruban
tape measure
la balance de cuisine
kitchen scales
le pèse-personne
bathroom scales
la bascule
weighing machine
l’arpentage (m)
surveying, measuring
l’arpenteur (m)
surveyor
la borne
milestone; boundary stone; marker
le bornage
demarcation, boundary marking
échelonner
to space out, place at intervals
l’échelonnement (m)
spacing out, placing at intervals, staggering, grading
ménager un espace entre
to make a space between
ménager une place pour
to make space for
le fourmillement
milling, swarming, teeming (insects, people)
fourmiller
to mill, swarm, teem (insects, people)
fourmillant
milling, swarming, teeming (insects, people)
le grouillement
milling, swarming (people, insects)
grouiller
to mill, swarm, teem (people, insects)
grouillant
milling, swarming, teeming (people, insects)
le brin
scrap (cloth); strand (thread) ; touch
le tronçon
section (tube) ; stretch (road)
le calibre
calibre, bore
la parcelle
fragment; plot (land)
parcelliser
to divide up (land)
parcellaire
fragmented
répartir
to divide, share out, distribute
se répartir
to be divided up, split up
la répartition
sharing out, dividing, allocation
le morcellement
dividing up, parcelling out, splitting up
morceler
to divide up, parcel out, split up
lotir
to divide into lots (ground); to divide up (inheritance)
le lotissement
sharing out, dividing up (inheritance)
l’amoncellement
heap, heaping up, piling up; banking up (clouds)
amonceler
to pile up (wealth, evidence) ; to bank up (clouds); to drift into banks(snow)
s’amonceler
to pile up, accumulate (mail, wealth, evidence)
pulluler
to proliferate, multiply
pullulant
proliferating, multiplying
la pullulation
proliferation
